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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 08-03-06
CONTENTS
[01] KAROYAN - NEW HOUSE PRESIDENT
[02] CYPRUS - REPORT
[03] MEDICAL SCHOOL
[01] KAROYAN - NEW HOUSE PRESIDENT
Democratic Party President Marios Karoyian has been elected President
of the House of Representatives, with 36 votes in favour, none against
and 15 abstentions.
[02] CYPRUS - REPORT
A solution to the Cyprus problem would yield a peace dividend of at
least 1.8 billion euro per year in new business with Turkey and other
opportunities for the island, with each Cypriot family standing to gain
an extra 5,500 euro per year, according to a new research from an
all-island team of economists.
On the benefits of a solution, that would reunite Cyprus which has been
divided since the 1974 Turkish invasion, the UN top envoy on the
island, expressing a personal view, said that a just settlement will
mean increased security, greater stability for the region, a rise in
trade and conditions that will allow culture and art to flourish.
In a report entitled, The day after: Commercial opportunities following
a solution to the Cyprus problem and sponsored by the Cyprus Centre of
the Peace Research Institute of Oslo (PRIO), the Cyprus-based
researchers, Fiona Mullen, Praxoula Antoniadou Kyriacou and Ozlem
Oguz, project growth in trade between Cyprus and Turkey for the first
seven years after a solution to the Cyprus problem.
In his opening address, UNSG Special Representative to Cyprus Michael
Moller said the report makes an extremely valuable contribution to
discussion about the future of the island.
[03] MEDICAL SCHOOL
Cypriot Minister of Education and Culture Andreas Demetriou announced
Thursday the founding of a Medical School in Cyprus.
In statements after a meeting with the rector authorities of the
University of Cyprus, Demetriou said this has been an old-standing
request of the University, adding that the University has been asked to
submit its proposal in cooperation with the Education Minister
services, so that procedures to the establishment of the Medical School
move forward rapidly.
Demetriou said that after the submission of the proposal the Education
Ministry will submit all required provisions for approval by the
Ministerial Council.
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